Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 00:03:58 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Charles Mott <cmott@scientech.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Src code for @Home NIC Card for Slaming into UNIX - Re: (Form posted from Mozilla (KMM25773C0KM)) Message-ID: <36E8BC5E.66F7AC89@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9903112259110.4221-100000@darkstar.home>
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Charles Mott wrote:
>
> On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Amancio Hasty wrote:
> > You probably don't need their funky NIC card in all likelyhood their nic card
> > is an ethernet
> > card and if so you may want to kindly give TCI their "NIC Card" back ---
> > they really
> > ought to specify what exactly do they mean by "NIC Card".
> >
> > Amancio
>
> The question is, how are IP addresses assigned? The Time Warner "Road
> Runner" system is known to use a DHCP-like mechanism which has been
> deciphered. I haven't read anything about @Home. Of course, static
> addressing would be preferable.
From their FAQ it sounds like they give you a single static address.
With NAT, that's entire enough, now isn't it? ;^)
--
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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